Besednice (; german: Bessenitz) is a market town in

Český Krumlov District Český Krumlov District ( cs, okres Český Krumlov) is a district ('' okres'') within South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is Český Krumlov. The area was the hereditary home of the Rosenberg (Rožmberk) family, Lords of Kr ...

in the

South Bohemian Region The South Bohemian Region ( cs, Jihočeský kraj; , ) is an administrative unit (''kraj'') of the Czech Republic, located mostly in the southern part of its historical land of Bohemia, with a small part in southwestern Moravia. The western part ...

of the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

. It has about 800 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The village of Malče is an administrative part of Besednice.

Geography

Besednice lies about east of

Český Krumlov Český Krumlov (; german: Krumau, , or ''Böhmisch Krumau'') is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. The historic centre with the Český Krumlov Castle complex is protected by law as an urban monument reservation, and sin ...

and south of

České Budějovice České Budějovice (; german: Budweis ) is a city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 93,000 inhabitants. It is located in the valley of the Vltava River, at its confluence with the Malše. České Budějovice is t ...

. It lies in the Gratzen Foothills. The highest point in the municipal territory is the mountain Velký kámen with above sea level. The landscape around the Besednice is known as a site of the

moldavite Moldavite ( cs, vltavín) is a forest green, olive green or blue greenish vitreous silica projectile glass formed by a meteorite impact in southern Germany (Nördlinger Ries Crater) that occurred about 15 million years ago. It is a type of tekt ...

s. It is protected as a nature monument ''Besednické vltavíny''.

Sights

On the square there are houses built in the , a typical vernacular architecture of the South Bohemian Region.

References

Populated places in Český Krumlov District Market towns in the Czech Republic {{SouthBohemia-geo-stub